2018年9月30日日曜日

Very favorable for us was that our guests
chose Trail No.6 for descending from the summit, though it was popular and
normal Trail No.1 for the ascent.Today’s guides,
Kate and myself both love to walk on a mountain trail, and to take up topics on
plants, very rich alongside of the Trail No.6.

On chairlift. When
we take it for ascent, we have to look back for enjoying a nice scenery

Before going into details of our guiding,
we should describe how nicely our guests got acquainted with each other.A young lady from
Hong Kong, Anita who’d applied to our program met a lady of similar age from
Australia, Bianca for the first time on the day.Anita told us of
the web site called “Kanpai” where is available a program of searching fellow
travelers.

Kate,
showing plants of this month on a booklet

Guests at the
entrance gate of the temple.

Among the plants I took up, Japanese Yam,
sticky stuff often eaten with buckwheat noodle, or so-called “Three-pronged
leaf” or “Mitsuba grass” having a nice fragrance and used for Japanese clear
soup seemed to be impressive for them.

On a stream of the
Trail No.6

Above all of the aforementioned, we should
say many thanks for them to have chosen Mt. Takao during their limited stay and
their very first visit to our country.

2018年9月10日月曜日

On the first day
of September, the sky over the mountain was covered with clouds and the air was
very humid.

Contrary to such a
gloomy weather, our guests this time were cheerful 14 people all coming from
Africa.

As they are very
friendly, we hit it off together immediately.

There were fewer
hikers on that day, so we walked at our pace while taking much time for photos
or talking about Japanese religion or culture.

Some guy started a
quick Japanese lesson for another guy, and then I could hear some simple
Japanese words coming from here and there. They were staying in Tokyo for about
a week and then moving to other parts of Japan to start their studying, so some
Japanese might be helpful.

On the top, the
guests from South Africa introduced their national anthem with one of our
member s at lunch time.

Before leaving the
top, we could see the Mt. Fuji despite of a cloudy sky. I didn’t expect we
could. It might be that Mt, Fuji wanted to say “Hello” to our nice guests.

Preparing for a
tour as a tour leader is a bit hard work, such as checking the weather forecast
all the day, organizing people, making sure of every detail. However, having a
nice time with wonderful guests is really rewarding. I felt refreshed after the
tour.

To our guests, thank
you for joining us and I hope you can make a good memory in Japan!

2018年9月7日金曜日

We had 3 guests today,
2 young ladies and a young man, all from Philippines.The 2 ladies are
temporary residents in Japan, working together in Tokyo. They are friends in
Philippines and the young man visited Japan to see and do sightseeing with the
2 ladies.

legendary
Octpus Ceder Tree

We took the cable
car up and walked to the top, stopping at various points of interest on the
way. They were very good guests for us guides, because they listened to our
guiding talk with great interest and at the same time were enjoying conversations
we had as well.

at the
summit

Unfortunately we
couldn’t see Mt.Fuji on the top and started climbing down after lunch there. We
hadn’t decided beforehand the route going down and asked the guests which route
they would like to take. It seemed to be an easy question for the young man who said
that he is a nature lover and would like to walk on the natural trail rather
than on a paved road. So we took Inariyama course down, which they seemed to be
enjoying all the way.to the foot of the mountain.

About us

TENGU has been offering the free English guide tour of Mt. Takao to the guests from overseas since 2010. Our regular tour is held every third Sunday. We offer the tour for other date, if our members are available. Please send us an e-mail at tengu.guide at gmail.com with the date and time you prefer.